Arrow case



May 7 1963 R. w. HoL'rz 3,088,583

ARROW cAsE Filed May 6, 1960 f FFM f2 f2 f6 INVENTOR.

United States Patent() 3,088,583 ARROW CASE Robert W. Holtz, 1042 S.Carol Ave., Wheeling, Ill. Filed May 6, 1960, Ser. No. 27,377 9 Claims.(Cl. 206-1) This invention relates to a new and useful improvement forreceptacles or cases which serve to contain or hold and transportarchery equipment and more particularly to receptacles with holding orsecuring means to prevent undesirable moving about, shifting or warpingof the archery equipment within the receptacle.

It is therefore a general object of this invention to provide a novelcase for containing and preserving archery equipment.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of the characterset forth which mOunts and supports arrows. l

Another object of this invention is to pivotedly connect a pair of arrowcase sections by means of a hinge or the like and provide means in atleast one of said sections for holding arrows therein.

It is still another object of this invention to provide flexible meansin an arrow case for holding arrows in a taut and snug position and tokeep the arrows in a straight alignment preventing them from beingbowed.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an arrow case havinga series of compartments to carrying assorted archery equipment.

Still a further object of this invention is the provision of a device ofthe character set forth which is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and yet effective and ecient in use.

A further object is to provide a novel case wherein the supports for thearrows and compartmenting walls serve to rigidify the case to preventtwisting and collapse whereby protecting the equipment even under hardhandling.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from areading of the following specification taken in conjunction with thedrawing, in which:

`FIGURE l is a view showing the novel arrow case in an open position andthe contents exposed;

FIGURE 2 is an end sectional view taken substantially along line 2 2 ofFIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged section shown in FIGURE 2 illustrating the novelarrow holding means;

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view of the novel holding means takensubstantially along line 4 4 of FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is another sectional view of the novel holding means and istaken generally along line 5 5 of FIG- URE 2; and

FIGURE 6 is an upright perspective view of the arrow carrying case inthe closed position.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing there is shown an arrowcase 2 having two similarly constructed rectangular box-like sections 4and 6 pivotally attached together by hinges 8 and locked together in aclosed position by any conventional locking elements 10 and 12, thesection 6 having a handle 11 xed thereto.

Each of the sections 4 and 6 comprise a flat base or bottom wall 14 landfour side walls, 16, 18, 20, 22 and a pair of parallel arrow supportmembers or holders 24, 26 that run transverse between the two longerparallel sides, 16, 18.

The holders 24, 26 are connected to the base 14 and sides 16, 18 lendingstructural strength to their sections 4, 6 and each of such holders 2 4,26 have a series of grooves or U-shaped notches 28 in their edgesurfaces 31, 31 nesting and supporting arrows 32 in the inner portions33 of the grooves 28.

The grooves 28 of members 24 are aligned with the grooves 28 of members26 lengthwise of their respective sections 4, 6 to permit the arrows 32within said grooves 28, to be held straight and to be parallel to oneanother and to the sides 16, 18. The outer portion 34l of .each groove28, confines a pad 35 of resilient compressible material or rubber-likesubstance in a space 36 above the arrow 32 between the lwall `sections39, 49 (see FIG- URE 3).

For every groove 28 in the members 24, 26 there is a corresponding pad35 that registers therewith and each of these pads 35 is fastened to theunder surface 42 of one or the other arrow keepers or retaining bars 44,46 pivotable toward and away from the members 24, 26 in each of the casesections 4, 6, the bar 44 having a hinge connection at 48 with member 24and the bar 46 having its hinge connection at 50 with member 26. The bar46 is held in adown or arrow retaining position with its undersurface 42against the top surface 31 of member 26, by the latch 54 on the free end58 of bar 46, the latch 54 having a body portion 56 and a pair ofresilient legs 58 clasping about the upper part 60 of member 26 (seeFIGURE 5 The bar 44 is held in an arrow retaining position in the samemanner as bar 46 and both bars 44, 46 are, of course, swingable upwardlyas illustrated in dotted lines in FIGURE 3 in order to remove arrows 32from the sections 4, 6 of case 2.

A container 62 for holding archery accessories and the like is formed inthe box section 4 by longitudinal walls 16, 18, transverse parallelwalls 22 and 72, bottom wall 14, and a transparent or window-like topwall or cover 78 and has a plurality of storing compartments 66, 68, 70formed by the addition of longitudinally placed dividers 74, 76, thewindow cover 78 being hinged to wall 22 at pivots 80 and 82 and havingreleasing engageable fastening or latch means 84 including a irstcoupling partv 88 on window 78 and a second coupling counterpart 86 oninside of wall 72 and a lift handle or tab means 90 on the Window cover78. AThe cover 78 can be opened land closed by holding tab means andpivoting the cover 7=8 relative to box limit 4.

Arrow case section 6 has a container 92 for archery accessories similarto container 62 but without any su-bdivided `compartments and it isformed by walls 16, 18, 22 and 96, bottom 14 and transparent cover 98hinged to wall 22 at 100 and 102 and having hand-le meansy 104 similarto handle means 90.

`It will be noted that the ilexible pads 35 hold the arrows '32 in placermly and yield upon temporary twisting of the case and apply tensilepressure on the arrows in maintaining them straight and cradle thearrows 32 from scuiing or marring of the arrow shaft. The suspensionalso protects the arrow feathers, also the arrows positioned in theslots tend to rigidify and add to the structural strength and life ofthe arrow case itself.

Having described my invention, it will be understood that it may takeother forms and that the scope of the following appended claims are notlimited to the aforesaid disclosed embodiment wherefore I claim:

l. A portable arrow case comprising a pair of box-like sectionspivotally interconnected and having locking means holding one sectionagainst the other in a closed position in suitcase fashion, each of saidsections includa pair of transverse arrow carrying members opposing oneanother in the closed position of the case, each of said members havingarrow cradle means including a U-slot having a base and arrow ankingsides in arrow straightening alignment with the sides of thecorresponding arrow cradle means in the other member and holding meanscomprising an element pivotally supported over a respective member andaxially aligned thereto and carrying a Patented May '7, 1963 slotdirected projection of elastomeric material, said element beingswingable about an arcuate path aligning the projection of elastomericmaterial over and into the U- slot in a closed position and compressingthe elastomeric material and deforming the material in against the sidesand on an associated arrow shaft disposed between the material and thebase.

2. An arrow carrying case providing a plurality of arrow straighteningelements aligned in parallel relation with respect to one another, oneof said elements carrying arrow cradle means including a U-slot having abase and arrow flanking sides in complemental arrow straighteningalignment with the sides of the corresponding arrow cradle means in atleast one of the other elements and holding means including a structuresupported over a respective element and above'the slot and axiallyaligned with respect to the element and carryinga slot directedprojection of elastomeric material, said structure being swingable withalignment of the projection into the slot and compressing theelastomeric material in deforming the material in against the sides andan associated arrow shaft disposed between the material and the base.

3. tAn arrow carrying case providing a plurality of arrow straighteningelements aligned in parallel relation with respect to one another, oneof said elements carrying arrow cradle means in complemental arrowstraightening alignment with corresponding arrow cradle means in atleast one of the other elements, and holding means registerable with thecradle means in arrow immobilizing relation, said cradle meanscomprising a plurality of arrow receiving grooves having sides and saidholding means comprising a plurality of resilient members each havingpivotal connection with a respective element and each being swingablypositionable over a respective element from open to closed vengagementposition with the element and complementally and operatively associatedwith the grooves resiliently retaining an associated series of arrows,each member comprising a pad of elastomeric material, one pad for eachgroove, and the pad in an unstressed condition being dimensionedslightly less than the space between the sides and being compressible toexpand transversely of the sides into tight engagement therewith.

4. A portable arrowY case for carrying elongated parts in straightenedposition comprising a receptacle having at least two transverse partsupport members, each of said members having a part cradling meansincluding a groove thereon having a base and arrow flanking sides, thegroove of one member being so arranged as to be in part axiallystraightening alignment with the grooveof another member, and holdingmeans releasable registerable concurrently with both grooves inembracing and straightening relation with the associated elongated partsupported in the grooves and said holding means comprising anelastomeric element extensible into the slot, and means in compressingrelation to the elastomeric material in deforming the material inagainst the sides and an associated arrow shaft disposed between thematerial and the base,

5. A portable warp resistant case for carrying arrows having elongatedshafts comprising a receptacle having a plurality of transverse supportmembers within the case, each of said members having at least onecradling groove having sides in axial alignment with the sides of acorresponding cradling groove of another member, and a transverseelement for each member and in axial longitudinal alignment with each ofa respective of said members and pivotal vertically thereabout fromraised to locked position, said element carrying a complementalresilient pad registering with the groove of one member and so arrangedto cooperatively associate with a corresponding pad on a Acomplementalelement registerable with another member embracingly holding theassociated arrow shaft in straightening unwarping cushioned suspensionwithin the case each of the pads in an unstressed condition beingdimensioned slightly less than the space between the sides of therespective groove and being compressible to expand transversely of thesides into tight engagement therewith in the locked position of theelement.

6. An arrow support comprising a case section having a pair of spacedholders, each holder having an arrow shaft receiving notch having sidesaxially aligned with the sides of the notch of the other, an arrowhaving a shaft nested within said notches, and resilient means clampingthe shaft to the associated holder accommodating universal cantingtherebetween said resilient clamp means having complemental pair ofelements for the pair of spaced holders, each element having acomplemental pad for each notch, and the pad in the unstressed conditionbeing dimensioned slightly less than the space between the sides of therespective notch and being cornpressible to expand transversely of thesides in tight engagement therewith.

7. An arrow support comprising a case section having a pair of spacedholders, each holder having an arrow shaft-receiving notch with sidesaxially aligned with the sides of the notch of the other, an .arrowhaving a shaft nested within said notches and a pair of clampingstructures pivotally connected to the section and aligned over the pairof holders for movement toward and away from the pair of holders, eachstructure carrying resilient means Iregisterable within the notchagainst one of the sides thereof in locking relation with the holder andclamping the shaft to the associated holder accommodating universalcanting therebetween.

8. The combination of a hollow storage case having peripheral side wallsand a back wall and arrow support members within the case connected tocertain of said walls in rigidifying relation thereto resistingdeflection thereof, arrows having shafts straddling said members, andresilient means yieldably clamping said shafts to said members andaccommodating universal angling therebetween to prevent bending of theshafts upon twisting of the case, the resilient means including clampingstructures complemental to the members and pivotally connected to thecase for movement from raised to lowered positions with respect to themembers, said members each having groove means having sides and a baseand each structure carrying resilient pad means dimensioned to abutagainst one of the sides of the groove means of the respective member.

i 9. A portable case for carrying arrows comprising a pair of casesections releasably fastenable to one another in suitcase fashion, eachof said sections comprising side walls and a pair of arrow holderstransverse to and between said side walls, each holder having an arrowcradle groove with sides in complemental arrow aligning relation to thesides of the groove of the other holder and supporting an arrow thereinand compressing resilient means for each holder fastening the arrows intransverse straddling fashion across the holders and comprising anelement spaced above the holder and carrying a flexible seat engagingthe sides of the groove and the arrow and holding the arrow in thegroove.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 750,817Crenshaw Feb. 2, 1904 2,280,003 Pearson Apr. 14, 1942 2,469,156 CargillMay 3, 1949 2,572,706 Eicholz Oct. 23, 1951 2,650,449 Suring Sept. 1,1953 2,724,208 Nelson NOV. 22, 1955 2,734,790 Pospie Feb. 14, 1956

5. A PORTABLE WARP RESISTANT CASE FOR CARRYING ARROWS HAVING ELONGATEDSHAFTS COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SUPPORTMEMBERS WITHIN THE CASE, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING AT LEAST ONECRADLING GROOVE HAVING SIDES IN AXIALY ALIGNMENT WITH THE SIDE OFCORRESPONDING CRADLING GROOVE OF ANOTHER MEMBER, AND A TRANSVERSEELEMENT FOR EACH MEMBER AND IN AXIAL LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OFA RESPECTIVE OF SAID MEMBERS AND PIVOTAL VERTICALLY THEREABOUT FROMRAISED TO LOCKED POSITION, SAID ELEMENT CARRYING A COMPLEMENTALRESILIENT PAD REGISTERING WITH THE GROOVE OF ONE MEMBER AND SO ARRANGEDTO COOPERATIVELY ASSOCIATE WITH A CORRESPONDING PAD ON A COMPLEMENTALELEMENT REGISTERABLE WITH ANOTHER MEMBER EMBRACINGLY HOLDING THEASSOCIATED ARROW SHAFT IN STRAIGHTENING UPWARPING CUSHIONED SUSPENSIONWITHIN THE CASE EACH OF THE PADS IN AN UNSTRESSED CONDITION BEINGDIMENSIONED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SIDES OF THERESPECTIVE GROOVE AND BEING COMPRESSIBLE TO EXPAND TRANSVERSELY OF THESIDES INTO TIGHT ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH IN THE LOCKED POSITION OF THEELEMENT.